Baalbeck
Baalbeck is a city in eastern Lebanon famous chiefly for its magnificent, excellently preserved Roman temple ruins. It was a flourishing Phoenician town when
the...
POOR KNIGHT
When it came time to send the children to the gymnasium, the pharmacist father baptized everyone. So Sasha, having become Orthodox, was able to...
Pazyryk outfit
Men wore fur trousers tucked into felt shoes or boots made of soft leather. The shirts were tailored, trimmed with a cord of bright...
Cleopatra Facts
Although she was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs, Cleopatra was actually descended from Greek origins. She was part of the Ptolemaic dynasty that...
Victims of war
On the trail, the man, the plaintiff for treason, was, perhaps, one of the first voluntary Robinsons. He did not retire to the island...
22 interesting facts about Archimedes
Little is known about Archimedes’ life, though more than about some of the other great minds of bygone times. Being a truly brilliant man,...
MYTHS OF THE MANN FAMILY
The story of the Manns is not only a story of great success in literature and high self-discipline as a writer; there was a...
Christopher Columbus Facts
Christopher Columbus is widely celebrated in the United States, and other parts of the Western World, and his name is taught to kids as...
IN THE WATERS OF THE NEW WORLD
In the second half of the XVI century, an acute rivalry between England and Spain for supremacy on the seas unfolded. Pirates played a...
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10 Bizarre Mythological Creatures
There are many well known examples of creatures from mythology that inspire dread, awe, curiosity or a even a combo of all three. Many...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
